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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1946
Page
2
City of Lubbock approves merit system for 420 employees, outlining probation periods efficiency tests and fair pay. New classification and pay plans aim to standardize salaries and boost morale while plans for retirement and reorganization are studied.
Washington reports the OPA issued rigorous regulations under the Barkley-Taft amendment to curb price hikes as meat ceilings loosen Sept. 9. Paul Porter vows the toughest meat enforcement program to deter black market evasion. Officials warn labor unrest risks if costs rise and wage demands surge. Steelman holds weekend talks with Wage Stabilization Board to seek solutions.
Reports from Nanking describe rising clashes in Kiangsu above Jakao as Chaing Kai-Shek and General Marshall meet at Kuling. Simultaneously a Nationalist commander requests aid from Taiyuan Shansi, cut off by Communist advances. Manchuria faces likely major fighting near Harbin.
Sheriff Harold Hubbell said he secured a signed statement from Cecil Moran Pierce about a $1,000 Albuquerque jewelry store holdup. Police tied two suspects to the July 30 robbery after FBI photos matched Joseph Addison Pearce alias James A. Pierce.
Continental Airlines restores a policy of charging half fare for children. R. C. Blon, local traffic manager, says the carrier is the first U.S. line to reinstate this lower rate and that other airlines will soon follow. Children under two continue to fly free.
Dallas County's population has risen 46.4 percent since the 1940 census, reaching an estimated 583,546 people, according to a Dallas Chamber of Commerce report released today.
Austin Aug 24 Homer P Rainey in a radio address conceded the governor’s race to Beauford Jester of Corsicana and expressed willingness to cooperate for Texas interests He reflected on the campaign and thanked supporters urging unity beyond party lines and a better life for all Texans.
Field Marshal Wavell announces formation of a new Indian interim government headed by Pandit Nehru. He invites the Muslim League to join as it faces a colonial constitution process. The League threatens direct action. unrest reported in Old Delhi with 15 injured. The new government will begin Sept 2 and govern in the national interest.
Beauford Jester conceded the Democratic nomination after defeating Homer P. Rainey in a Texas runoff. He praised voters for choosing his Texas way of government and said Democrats reject left wing theories. Jester planned quiet day and church memorial after celebrations at his Corsicana headquarters.
Yugoslavia charged in a note to the United States that U S pressure to force Tito to back Danube internationalization led to the seizure of 173 Danube fleet units. The ships were held in the American zone of Austria as Belgrade sought their return and to reopen navigation on the Danube for all states.
In New York on August 24 the United Nations Security Council is not expected to receive a U S protest against Yugoslavia immediately. Ukrainian charges against Greece may speed a full airing of the Balkan turmoil, while the State Department defers on filing formal charges pending Tito's next moves.
The West Texas and New Mexico Seventh day Adventist convention ended at St John’s Methodist Church in Lubbock with N R Dower, newly elected Texico Conference president, delivering the closing sermon. Officers were elected and plans set to expand evangelistic work. thanks were given to Rev Alfie Carleton and St John’s Trustees for use of the building and to Lubbock residents for rooms and meals. Clinton L Woodland was ordained to the gospel ministry.
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